Overwhelmed?

I got an analogy, information and tools for you.

What helps you when you feel overwhelmed?

What if the life you’re living isn’t the life you were meant to live… but simply the life you learned to accept?

In this deeply honest and vulnerable conversation, I sit down with Sheila — a woman who has known me since the day I was born. We talk about self-worth, intuition, healing, energy, and what happens when you finally decide that enough is enough.

She shares her journey from surviving to truly living, learning to recognize the difference between your own inner knowing and the beliefs you've picked up from other people, and why so many of us carry thoughts that were never ours to begin with.

Sheila shares how she learned to question those thoughts rather than automatically believing them — and how something as simple as asking “Where did that come from?” can begin to change everything.

We also dive into nervous-system regulation, intuition, energy healing, gratitude, nature, slowing down, tools to help you be well, and the uncomfortable truth that sometimes we become so accustomed to chaos that peace itself can feel unfamiliar.

She shares what it was like to use alcohol to numb what she was feeling, the moment she realized she couldn't continue living that way, and what happened when she chose to stop drinking.

But what came next was something she never expected.

As the brain fog began to lift, Sheila started asking some much bigger questions:

Why am I here?

What is my purpose?

What am I actually meant to do with my life?

What she heard changed the direction of her life.It was the beginning of an entirely different chapter…

You’ll have to listen to find out what it was. ❤️

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Why do we allow numbers to measure worth?

As you know I am at the beginning stages of building a business, and I have almost lost the plot a few times because I haven't met the number goals I have set out for myself.

I am very grateful for this shift in perspective and new insights that dropped in for me.

Have a listen and let me know your thoughts.

If there is something you want to do, just do it. Create for the sake of it. Do it because you want to do it. Do it for you.

What if the part of you that you’ve spent your whole life trying to silence… was actually trying to guide you home?

In this deeply honest conversation, Claire and I dive into what it really means to come back into your body — not the polished, picture-perfect version of “embodiment,” but the messy, uncomfortable, deeply human kind.

Claire shares how, at just three years old, she went from being loud, expressive and full of life… to becoming the “good girl.” Quiet. Shy. Timid.

Personality or survival response?

We talk about how easily we can mistake the adaptations we made as children for who we actually are — and how those patterns can follow us into adulthood, shaping our relationships, our choices, and the way we move through the world.

Claire also shares how dance became the unexpected doorway back into herself… even when her nervous system was screaming at her to freeze.

We explore why embodiment isn't always graceful or beautiful. Sometimes embodiment is sitting in your discomfort. Sometimes it's feeling completely stuck. Sometimes it's moving one finger when that's all your body can manage.

And then Claire tells me about the moment her body gave her a message she simply couldn't ignore…

A steel rod in her heart.

We talk about intuition, trauma, self-abandonment, learning to trust the sensations in your body, and the courage it takes to choose yourself when your mind is desperately trying to convince you otherwise.

We also get into why the simple things — movement, touch, breath, stillness, even looking at your own hand — can sometimes be far more powerful than another complicated wellness practice.

I share a very personal story about what happened when I finally allowed myself to meet one of my own deepest wounds in my body while Claire held space for me.

It forever changed the way I experience my body — and my relationship with myself.

Because maybe your body isn't the problem.

Maybe it's been communicating with you all along.

The question is…

What happens when you finally learn how to listen?

If this episode resonated with you in any way send Claire some love. wellwithclaire@gmail.com

This episode is a reminder that self-respect is not about willpower, shame, or copying someone else’s wellness routine. It’s about paying attention, getting honest, and trusting the truth your body has been telling you all along. Perfect for anyone ready to make choices that actually feel nourishing—and stop giving their energy away to things that drain it.

What if the answers you’ve been searching for aren’t outside of you at all… but buried underneath everything you’ve been taught to believe?

In this deeply honest and vulnerable conversation, I sit down with Heidi Firth of Be Your Own Guru to explore what it really means to come home to yourself — to move out of the noise of the mind and into the quieter wisdom of the body.

We talk about the journey from the head to the heart, learning to hear the subtle language of your body, questioning the beliefs and patterns you’ve simply accepted as “the way things are,” and what happens when your life starts asking you to slow down and listen.

Heidi shares parts of her own story that shaped the woman she is today — including childhood trauma, shame, disconnection, self-parenting, and the unconscious ways our past can shape the reality we create as adults.

We explore what happens when the identity you’ve built your entire life around suddenly falls apart… when the goals you thought would make you happy no longer do… and when your body forces you to stop.

Because sometimes what feels like falling apart is actually the beginning of coming home.

We talk about the uncomfortable truth that growth doesn’t always feel good. Sometimes the right decision feels uncomfortable as fuck. Sometimes you have absolutely no idea where you’re going. And sometimes the deepest healing begins when you finally stop running from the parts of yourself you’ve been trying so hard not to feel.

This conversation is about becoming your own guru — not because you don’t need support, but because ultimately, nobody can know your truth better than you.

And perhaps the biggest question is this:

What if the thing you’ve been trying to escape from is actually the very doorway leading you back to yourself?

Press play and come with us into the uncomfortable, messy, beautiful space of remembering who you really are…

Because there’s a moment in Heidi’s story where everything she thought she knew about her life begins to unravel — and what emerges on the other side might make you question what you’ve been calling “falling apart” in your own life.

Connect With Heidi here:

https://beyourownguru.me/

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Welcome on in! I hope this podcast can be a safe place for you to land. Enjoy some connection, authentic conversations and get you curious about your own Embodied Truth.

What if your biggest struggle isn’t finding yourself… but learning to stop abandoning yourself?

In this deeply personal episode of Embodied Truth, I sit down with my dear friend Kendra for a conversation that goes places neither of us could have planned.

Kendra’s embodied truth isn’t a simple statement.

It’s a question:

How do I stop abandoning my embodied truth?

For much of her life, Kendra learned how to read the room, keep the peace, stay quiet and become whatever she needed to be to feel safe, loved and accepted.

Growing up without knowing her biological father, carrying the weight of a complicated childhood and becoming a parentified daughter, she developed an unconscious belief that she didn't truly belong.

That belief followed her into adulthood.

Into relationships.

Into marriage.

Into the way she saw herself.

Until eventually, she realized she had become so disconnected from her own voice that she couldn't even trust herself to know what she wanted.

In this conversation, Kendra opens up about the moment she finally found the courage to leave her marriage, the uncomfortable process of figuring out who she was underneath all the roles she had been playing for so long, and connecting to the little girl she had buried along the way.

This isn't simply a story about leaving a marriage and finding yourself again.

Because just when Kendra began to rediscover who she was and experience a kind of love and connection she hadn't known before, life dealt her another devastating blow...

This conversation explores grief, abandonment, generational trauma, forgiveness, self-worth, belonging, authentic connection, suicide and what it really means to become a safe place for yourself.

We talk about breaking cycles, giving ourselves the same grace we offer other people, and the difference between becoming someone new and remembering who you have always been.

If you've ever felt like you don't belong…

If you've lost yourself trying to keep other people happy…

If you've stayed somewhere because you were afraid of what would happen if you left…

Or if you're carrying the kind of grief that changes you to your core...

I know you'll find lots of value in this conversation.

Every time I listen to this episode I get a new powerful insight.

Trust your body. Live your truth.

Kendra does love a good email and this podcast was way out of her comfort zone so send her some love. kendraduff9@gmail.com